Mission Viejo was the 52-50 winner over Newport Harbor when they last played one another back in December of 2017, but their luck changed this time around. The Mission Viejo Diablos came up short against the Newport Harbor Sailors on Friday, falling 75-53. While losing is never fun, the Diablos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 420th, while the Sailors are ranked 134th).
Several Diablos players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Damian Navarro, who posted 26 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Xander Willard, who had 16 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Mission Viejo and nudges their season record down to 6-10. As for Newport Harbor, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-4.
Mission Viejo won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Live Oak at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Newport Harbor, they will also get right back to it: they'll square off against Tustin at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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